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Gas stations in Cotton County, OK

How Cotton County, OK compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
7
6 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.7M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,262 a household
Spending per listing
$951K
60% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
34.3
3.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,432
−1.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Cotton County spend about $6.7M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $3,262 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. Spread across 7 gas stations, that is $951K per station, 60% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Cotton County has 7 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 86%, against 84% across the U.S. That is 34.3 per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Cotton County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 340 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Cotton County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Cotton County compares

The same measures for Oklahoma and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Gas stations in Cotton County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureCotton CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households34.314.910.9
Spending per listing$951K$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3408681,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.1%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,262$2,953$2,595
Median household income$58,425$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
76 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Cotton County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Cotton County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,432−1.9% since 2020
Households
2,040
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
633 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$58,425
Average household income
$87,447
Median home value
$113,900
Jobs located here
1,631
Daytime population
4,922Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for gas stations, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Cotton County marked.

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rogers County, OK92267.1$4.8M+7.1%#12 of 2,358
2Wagoner County, OK92278.6$3.9M+14.6%#16 of 2,358
3Canadian County, OK826611.3$2.8M+20.4%#117 of 2,358
4Tulsa County, OK771816.6$4.2M+4.2%#207 of 2,358
5Cleveland County, OK74958.1$3.6M+2.6%#289 of 2,358
6Washington County, OK692511.9$2.5M+2.7%#437 of 2,358
7Haskell County, OK69715.3$2.2M+2.0%#444 of 2,358
8Logan County, OK673217.9$2M+11.5%#500 of 2,358
9Osage County, OK662615.0$2.2M+2.2%#533 of 2,358
10Oklahoma County, OK653079.4$2.9M+3.0%#551 of 2,358
Cotton County, OKNot scored734.3$951K−1.9%

Other business types in Cotton County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Cotton County, OK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 gas stations in Cotton County. 6 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Cotton County, OK spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $6.7M a year, or $3,262 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $951K per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,040 households in Cotton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cotton County, OK compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Cotton County has 34.3 gas stations per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $951K, 60% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Cotton County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 340 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Cotton County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Cotton County at 5,432 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,040 households. Median household income in Cotton County is $58,425, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for gas stations · All 56 business types in Cotton County

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